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The 1st #RIAIAwards Winner in Workplace and Fit-Out category is ESB Headquarters by Grafton Architects and O'Mahony Pike Architects. The permeability of the building combined with the quality of the light entering deeply into the plan, offers a true flexibility in its use. Photo: Alice Clancy

‘There is a lot to reflect on. This is a Biennale that aims to make us think rather than “consume” architecture.’ - Paolo Moreira, KoozArch
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What will life after globalisation look like? The Venice Biennale may hold the answer | Lorenzo Marsili
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'The usual champagne-socialist pomposity of Venice has been drowned out by a newfound openness' dezeen.com/2023/06/02/ven… via Dezeen

I’ve got two related essays out - ff invitations to think along and with Lesley Lokko’s Laboratory of the Future:

1. For The Conversation, I reflect on Tropical Modernism in Ghana, &

2. For the Catalogue of La Biennale di Venezia, I meditate on architecture being/becoming undisciplined.

'the idea that we can justify building concrete skyscrapers by simply clothing them in shrubbery is merely a veneer of green fuzz meant to alleviate our guilt...' Terrific review of 'Touch Wood' by edwin heathcote untappedjournal.com/issues/issue-4…

‘Lokko has imbued the biennale with a sense of purpose, joy, despair, memory, and justice. Above all, she has turned it into a platform upon which liveable futures may yet be built.’

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‘The idea that architecture should transcend the realm of construction and address people’s needs, especially in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, is at the heart of this exhibition.’ #biennalearchitettura La Biennale di Venezia

Well done Doudou, Nzinga and Chérif!!!

As people encounter the brilliance on display at the Venice biennale and inevitably look to African architecture for inspiration, for answers, a note:

Africa is not a blank slate. Africans have been doing this for eons. Acknowledge. Cite. Do not erase.

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#VeniceBiennale “Venice architecture biennale: how pioneering Ghanaian architects reckoned with tropical modernism,” by Kuukuwa Manful. “Putting Europe at the centre of African stories is a choice that echoes the very colonial histories it seeks to elucidate.” theconversation.com/venice-archite…

Migrant street vendors of Barcelona tell story of survival at Venice Biennale theguardian.com/global-develop…

The Venice Biennale opens today and I finally get to share what we've been working on for the past year - a film and installation about how we did the Xinjiang investigation.
More here: killingarchitects.com/venice-biennal…
Megha Rajagopalan Christo Buschek
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‘we realized that a linear view of time doesn’t work. It is, at least, irresponsible and comfortable because it doesn't propose movement. If the problem is still to come, it means I don't need to do anything now. This is the mindset that guided previous generations….’

New Architecture Writers alumni were out in force at the Venice Biennale - and the current cohort will be contributing to the programme this summer tmowilkinson.wordpress.com/2023/05/24/new…

‘Through its uncovering of fresh perspective, challenge to existing systems and acceptance of multiple viewpoints, 'The Laboratory of the Future' is here to herald a much-needed shift in the architecture realm.’ La Biennale di Venezia Laurence Lord Emmett Scanlon

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‘Don’t be fooled by its generic title. Lesley Lokko’s “Laboratory of the Future” is the most ambitious and pointedly political Venice Architecture Biennale in years.’ - Christopher Hawthorne, NY Times. #biennalearchitettura La Biennale di Venezia

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Very impressive to see significant contributions by Irish trio Emmett Scanlon Alice Clancy and Laurence Lord & their colleague Sarah de Villiers to La Biennale di Venezia #VeniceArchitectureBiennale
#LaboratoryoftheFuture curated by Lesley Lokko - an
Impactful & thoughtful show

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